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• ascendancy ascendency — noun (U) a position of power, influence or control: He slowly gained ascendancy in the group …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ascendency — ascendancy / ascendency [n] domination advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump*, leg up*, mastery, on top, power, predominance, preeminence, prepotence, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority …   New thesaurus

• ascendancy — / ascendency [n] domination advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump*, leg up*, mastery, on top, power, predominance, preeminence, prepotence, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy …   New thesaurus

• Ascendancy (disambiguation) — Ascendancy may refer to:*Ascendency *Ascendancy (album) *Ascendancy (board game) *Ascendancy (computer game) *Ascendancy (film) *the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland …   Wikipedia

• ascendency — (n.) alternative spelling of ASCENDANCY (Cf. ascendancy) (see ANCE (Cf. ance)) …   Etymology dictionary

• ascendancy — ascendancy, ascendant 1. The preferred spellings are ancy, ant, although ascendency and ascendent are still sometimes found in print. 2. Have ascendancy over and be in the ascendant are the normal phrases, and refer to a position of power… …   Modern English usage

• Ascendancy — As*cend an*cy, Ascendance As*cend ance, n. Same as {Ascendency}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ascendancy — or ascendency [ə sen′dən sē] n. a position in which one has control or power; supremacy; domination: also ascendance or ascendence …   English World dictionary

• ascendancy — as|cen|dan|cy ascendency [əˈsendənsi] n [U] formal a position of power, influence, or control →↑ascendant ▪ moral ascendancy ascendancy of ▪ the ascendancy of nationalist forces ascendancy over ▪ Butler established ascendancy over his critics. ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ascendancy — [[t]əse̱ndənsi[/t]] also ascendency N UNCOUNT If one group has ascendancy over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group. [FORMAL] Although geographically linked, the two provinces have long fought for political… …   English dictionary

• ascendency — noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her • Syn: ↑dominance, ↑ascendance, ↑ascendence, ↑ascendancy, ↑control •… …   Useful english dictionary